State, Ex Rel. Gilpin v. Stokes

The state appeals from an order of the trial court in which it issued writs of habeas corpus to petitioners and denied the state’s application for the extradition of petitioners to the Commonwealth of Virginia. We reverse that order, in compliance with clearly established law, and remand these cases for further proceedings.

The crime for which the Commonwealth of Virginia seeks extradition of the petitioners is the abduction of two children, Keisha Ambi Woody, approximately eight years of age, and Erin Shana Woody, approximately six years of age. Petitioner Kathy Woody Armell is their mother,…